Index of English words, starting with "af"

(1) - Affirmable (a.) Capable of being affirmed, asserted, or declared; -- followed by of; as, an attribute affirmable of every just man.

(1) - Affirmance (n.) A strong declaration; affirmation.
(2) - Affirmance (n.) Confirmation; ratification; confirmation of a voidable act.

(1) - Affirmant (n.) One who affirms, instead of taking an oath.
(2) - Affirmant (n.) One who affirms or asserts.

(1) - Affirmation (n.) A solemn declaration made under the penalties of perjury, by persons who conscientiously decline taking an oath, which declaration is in law equivalent to an oath.
(2) - Affirmation (n.) That which is asserted; an assertion; a positive statement; an averment; as, an affirmation, by the vender, of title to property sold, or of its quality.
(3) - Affirmation (n.) The act of affirming or asserting as true; assertion; -- opposed to negation or denial.
(4) - Affirmation (n.) Confirmation of anything established; ratification; as, the affirmation of a law.

(1) - Affirmative (n.) A word or phrase expressing affirmation or assent; as, yes, that is so, etc.
(2) - Affirmative (n.) That which affirms as opposed to that which denies; an affirmative proposition; that side of question which affirms or maintains the proposition stated; -- opposed to negative; as, there were forty votes in the affirmative, and ten in the negative.
(3) - Affirmative (a.) Positive; -- a term applied to quantities which are to be added, and opposed to negative, or such as are to be subtracted.
(4) - Affirmative (a.) Expressing the agreement of the two terms of a proposition.
(5) - Affirmative (a.) Positive; dogmatic.
(6) - Affirmative (a.) That affirms; asserting that the fact is so; declaratory of what exists; answering "yes" to a question; -- opposed to negative; as, an affirmative answer; an affirmative vote.
(7) - Affirmative (a.) Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.